The Illinois-based company says it is working hard to defray the extra expense by saving money elsewhere.

这家总部位于伊利诺斯州的公司表示现在正在努力从其他地方节约开销以抵冲多出的成本。

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The market for driving instruction is crowded with part-timers looking to make a little extra income from their car, perhaps to defray the increasing cost of gas.

驾驶培训行业中有许多兼职人员，试图用他们的车子赚些额外的收入，或许是为了支付日益增涨的油价。

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Solar power benefited from the same credits and, beginning in 1980, had the additional sweetener of a California property-tax exemption to defray the cost of acres of mirrors.

太阳能也从这一优惠政策获益。从1980年开始，它还获得了加州的物业税豁免，用以支付数英亩的太阳能镜子的花费。

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Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.

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They didn't say whether it had to be the same one or three different provided, and this was the compromise, provided the guest paid 50 pence to defray the cost to the college.

他们也没说是同一个还是三个不同的人,前提是，这也是妥协之处，过夜男士每次要付50便士来补贴学校。

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"Nobody else has ever tried to help defray costs for anything for parents, so this is huge."

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It provides small businesses tax credits to defray the administrative costs of providing health coverage for their employees.

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The payments aim to defray losses taken by those firms, which facilitated Facebook stock orders that originated from retail brokerages.

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He suggests an equity collar--buying a put below the market price and selling a call above it to defray the cost.

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